Armed Robbers Pull Heists

POMPANO BEACH -- A team of three men robbed two Pompano Beach residents at gunpoint on Thursday in separate stickups.

The three, who drove a mid-1970s grey and red Dodge Aspen, accosted two men on city streets, forcing them to hand over wallets, police said.

The first robbery occurred in the 900 block of South Riverside Drive, where two suspects approached the victim as he walked toward his nearby home at about 9:30 p.m. According to a police report, one of the robbers told the other to shoot the pedestrian.

When the man quickly handed over his wallet, the two fled in the car, which was driven by a third man, police said. The wallet contained about $50 in cash and several credit cards.

At about 11 p.m., another man was accosted as he left a parking lot at in the 800 block of Northwest Second Avenue.

After the robbers` car pulled in front of the man, a gun-toting, front-seat passenger demanded money. The man gave the robbers his wallet, which contained about $50, and the three fled.